Qaiser Bashir is an experienced freelance PHP web developer based in London, UK.

Recently I had to vertically center an image, I tried all the css tricks. Making wrapper div as table and then inner div as table-cell with css property vertical-align:center. On the other side it’s very easy to do with JQuery. <div class=”image_wrapper”> <img src=”” alt=”” class=”my_image”/> </div> jQuery $(window).load(function(){ //get the height of the …

Your WordPress website needs to load fast. Faster websites keep visitors engaged. The difference between waiting 2 seconds and 5 seconds for a website to load is substantial. Google’s rankings are based partly on your site speed and users are known to quickly leave a site if it loads in 5 seconds or more. WordPress speed optimization …

If you are running a WordPress-powered website, its security should be your primary concern. In most cases, WordPress blogs are compromised because their core files and/or plugin are outdated; outdated files are traceable and it’s an open invitation to hackers. Plugins For Better Security WP DB Backup WP DB Backup is an easy to use …

There are endless reasons for editing the WordPress database, but there are always those SQL queries that are needed more than the rest. And that is what we have for you today. Always Backup WordPress First Your WordPress database stores every single one of your carefully written posts, every comment from your loyal readers and …

The snippets below will allow you to control almost all aspects of WordPress` Admin area and customize it to benefit your clients level of tech comfort. Disabling Plugin Deactivation This snippet is particularly useful if you have given a client plugin activation/deactivation privileges (allowing them to add new plugins themselves), but the site you have …

WordPress has some really good plugins that can make a site load much faster, here are some that will aid in improving and optimising your sites performance. WP file Cache This plugin implements object level persistent caching and can be used instead of the built in WordPress WP_Object_Cache. It will also aid in significantly reducing …